Brian Johnson

Episode 39: What’re Your Goals?!?

“We are engineered as
goal-seeking mechanisms. We are built that way. When we have no
personal goal which we are interested in and which “means
something” to us, we are apt to “go around in circles,” feel
“lost” and find life itself “aimless,” and “purposeless.”
We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals,
and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without
obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. People who say that life
is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no
personal goals which are worthwhile. Prescription:
Get yourself a goal worth working for.” ~ Maxwell
Maltz from Psycho-Cynernetics

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What’re Your Goals?!?

“We are engineered as
goal-seeking mechanisms. We are built that way. When we have no
personal goal which we are interested in and which “means
something” to us, we are apt to “go around in circles,” feel
“lost” and find life itself “aimless,” and “purposeless.”
We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals,
and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without
obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. People who say that life
is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no
personal goals which are worthwhile. Prescription:
Get yourself a goal worth working for.” ~ Maxwell
Maltz fromPsycho-Cynernetics

Genius.

So, what’s your *major* goal right now?!? Do you have
one? Are you moving toward it?

If not, imagine riding a bike. Only imagining NOT going anywhere.
Try sitting on the seat, without letting your feet touch the ground
and lemme know how that works out for you. Bikes were made to MOVE
and, as Maltz says, “A bicycle
maintains its poise and equilibrium only so long as it is going
forward towards something. You have a good bicycle. Your trouble is
you are trying to maintain your balance sitting still, with no place
to go. It is no wonder you feel shaky.”

Love that. If you’re feeling funky, check in and see if you have
a goal that really inspires you. My hunch is, the worse you feel, the
less likely you have a compelling goal. Good news is that’s EASY to
change. Set a goal that inspires you--could be something as mundane
as cleaning your house while listening to great music or an athletic
goal like doing a triathlon or a big goal like starting a new biz or
relationship. Whatever it is, go for it